Display apparatus.



witnesses Z0 I K. KOIKE.

DISPLAY APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, 1910. RENEWED F-EB. a, 1912.

1,088,899, Patented Sept.'17,1912.

UNITED srnr KIHEI KOIKE, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO KANISCHI TAKAHASHI, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

DISPLAY APPARATUS.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Application filed December 24, 1910, Serial No. 599,216. Renewed February 5, 1912. Serial No, 675,645.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KIHEI KOIKE, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Apparatus, of which the followin is a specification.

lily invention relates to display appara tus and has for its primary object the provision of novel mechanism through the medium of which a series of transparent or semitranspai ent slides are successively moved for thdisplay of their contents at a predetermined point.

My invention in its present embodiment I has particular reference to apparatus for projecting upon a suitable receiving surface a light beam in such manner as to efiectually attract the attention of passers-by, and consists essentially in the provision of a durable, simple and'comparatively inexpensive construction for supporting a series of slides or objects which permits of a comparatively large number of suchslides or objects being employed, further, in actuator means associated therewith by which the said slides are advanced, and further, in novel means whereby connection between said actuator and slides is effected, and a release subsequently effected.

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The invention further consists in the parts, arrangements and combinations of parts, hereinatterdescribed and succinctly defined in my annexed claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout: Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved ap- Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof, F ig. 3 is a detail fragmentary perspective of the track and illustrating a slide engaged thereon, and Fig. 4 is a perspective illustrating a sign board equipped with my invention. v

Reference numeral 1 indicates a drive shaft, suitably journaled in casing 2, and

connected by a train of gears 3 with a motor 1'4, of any suitable type, by which latter the Reference .fnumerals and 0 indicat 0 arms and to'shaftl and projecting mumm therefrom, the latter of these. arms being Track section 8 extends across a display opening 2' of casing 2 and for a'suitable distance to one side thereof 'in the direction of travel by which constructiondisplay slide carriers 9, supported for travel on said track, will be caused to lower and through such movement effect their disengagement from the positioning arm 5, as hereinafter set forth. Carriers 9 which can be of. any suitable construction, carry the slides 10, for example of glass, and are provided on their upper eiid portions with track engaging parts 11, conveniently in the form of hook shaped extensions. The lower. end portions of carriers 9 are freely received between guides 12, of the casing, tbese'guides serving to steady the said carriers while permitting'of-relative vertical movement thereof during their travel on. said track section 8', as will -be readily understood.

Reference numerals l3 and 14 indicate ongaging parts on carriers 9, these consisting of pins arranged side by side in the direction of travel of the slides, and projecting upwardly from the track engaging parts 11 thereof. Pin 14-, which is the longer of the two, is arranged forwardly of pin 13 and is adapted to be engaged by arm to efi'ect the positioning of acarrier for the display of the subject matter of its slide through the display opening 2, while arm 6 is adapted for engagement with the pin 13 for removing a carrier from'the displaying position, as will now tie-described.

Assuming that the 'parts are arranged as shown in the drawing, arm 6-in its movement engages the pin "13 of carrier 9,111- ranged in front of opening 2, andsimultaneously arm 5 engages pin 14 of the succeed ing carrier 9 and upon continued rotation of shaft 1 these carriers are simultaneously shifted to efiect the removal of the former and the positioning for display ofthc latter. The last named carrier in being thus positioned descends on trar'rkseciion 8 and thereby effects the disengagement of its pin 14 from the actuating ail-n15. Arm

continues to move its carrier, following this release of such actuator arm, and during this last named portion of the movement, the carrier being removed comes in contact with a series of carriers mounted on" the eccentrically disposed portion A of track 8 and moves them as a unit, to thereby effect the positioning of the carrier at the opposite end of said series into thepath of the long arm 5, at the point B. As now considered, carriers 9 are arranged with their side portions overlapping one another, and those carriers of track portion A are crowded together with their track engaging parts 11 contacting one another, thereby making it possible to maintain a multiplicity of slides,

constituting a main supply, on a comparatively' short length of track.

Reference'numeral 20 indicates a source of light, conveniently consisting of an electric lamp, outwardly of which I arrange a projecting lens 21, the latter being arranged over casing opening 2', as shown. i

In Fig. 4 I have shown my invention" mounted to throw a beam of light onto a sign board 22, and when so applied I desire that slides 10 be of different colors, to thereby obtain the illumination of said sign board in colors which are changed upon each shifting operation of the carriers 9.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is:

'1. A dis lay apparatus comprising a track having a epressed section, an eccentrically disposed actuator supported for movement .over the depressed section of said track, a slide carrier mounted on said track, and

means onsaid carrier for connecting the latter with said actuator, said last means being arranged to be withdrawn from the path of said actuator by movement of said carrier down said depressedsection of said track.

2. A display, apparatus comprising a track having a depressed section, aslide car? rier on said track, anactuator, means supporting said actuator for movement into and out of the path of said carrier, engaging means for said actuator provided on said carrier so as to be withdrawn from engagement with said actuator by and during movement of said carrier on said depressed section of said track, and means for operating said actuator.

3. A display apparatus comprising a track having a depressed section, a series of slide carriers on said track, an actuator comprising s aced operating members n1ov--' able over sai depressed section of said track and arranged to simultaneously engage respective adjacent carriers, means for operatin said actuator, and engaging parts on said carriers for engagement by said operarranged'to be withdrawn from the path c? said operating members by movement of said carriers down said depressed section of said track.

4. A display apparatus comprising .a continuous track having a depressed section, an illuminating means arranged to project a beam of light across said track, a series of slide carriers on said track, an actuating means for simultaneously moving one carrier to a position of display and another. from such position, and connecting means on said carriers for engagement with said actuating means arranged to be disengaged from the latter by and during movement of the carriers down said depressed section of said track.

5. A display apparatus comprising a con tinuous track having a depressed section, an illuminating means arranged to project a beam of light across said track, a series of slide carriers. on said track, an actuating meanscomprising a pair of arms arranged one in advance of the other for.engagement with respective slide carriers, and connecting means on said carriers for engagement with said actuating means arranged to effect the release of said carriers by and during movement of the latter on said -depressed section of said track.

6. A display apparatus comprising'a con- 10f the other, and means for operating the other of said actuators to position a carrier in the path of said first named actuator in front of said exhibiting means and operate said first actuator to remove a carrier'from displaying position and subsequently adjust the remaining carriers of the series to positioncnethereof in'the path of said last named actuator.

7. A display apparatus comprising a continuous track having a depressed section, a series of slide carriers on said track, exhibiting meansarranged adjacent the depressed section of said track, two Potatable actuators mounted for movement to travel in respective paths and for a'portion of their travel in the path of said carriers over said depressed section of said track, one of said actuators being arranged in advance of the other, means for operating the other of said, actuators to position a carrier in the path of said first named actuator m trout ot said exhibiting means and to operate said first actuatorto remove :1 carrier from displaying position and subsequently adjust the remaining carriers of the series to position one thereof in the path of said last named actuator; and engaging parts'on said c'erriers Withdrawn from the paths of said aotuntors by and during movement of the carriers on said depressed section as said' track. I

8. A 'd1sp1z-Ly apparatus comprising an actuator supported for movement, a continuous track extending around said actuator and having an eccentric portion disposed -13 outside of the path thereof, a plurality of carriers mounted on the eccentrically disposed portion of said track, and means for operating said actuator to move one carrier to its displaying position and remove enother from such position into engagement 1:: with the-cnrriers on said eccentric portion of said track to thereby move one of said last named carriers into the path of said actuator. j

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 4th 20 day of March 1911.

KIHEI KOIKE.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN A. BROOKS, CLARA HARM.

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